It was Senator Leland Stanford and his wife who founded the present-day Stanford University in 1885. To honor his only son, Leland Stanford Jr., he donated ... The university remained financially ...
But Leland Stanford Junior University, named in honor of the cherished son Stanford lost to typhoid in 1884, ensured the most famous of the Big Five a legacy that long outlasted those of his ...
Founded in 1885 by Leland Stanford, a prominent railroad magnate and the eighth governor of California, alongside his wife, ...